i have a 2012 F-150 lariat with the 5.0. i have installed a cat back duel exhaust from flowmaster and a volant cold air intake system and need to figure out if there is a Tuner or a chip i can buy that will make the adjustments to the system now that its breathing better. it seems to be running lean. any suggestions?

 

Get a custom tune from 5 Star Tuning using SCT hardware.

 

Hello and Welcome to the Forum!

My name is MGD, and I'll be your guide this afternoon. I'm kinda new at this whole 'guide' thing, so please bear with me.

Adding a chambered, restrictive Fartmaster to replace the excellent free-flowing, straight-through OEM muffler you had in the first place is NOT making it 'breathe better' - just the opposite, in fact. Sorry.

And sorry - Volant is a very poor intake. Again - the stocker breathes about the same, and it was free.

Hence - in essence, all you did was utterly destroy a very nice drivetrain by upsetting the perfectly accurate MAF transfer function in yer PCM. And now you need to spend an additional ~$400 on a custom-tuned flash programmer to correct it for the lean condition you induced.

Outstanding.

Find a blackboard and some chaulk. Write this 100 times:

"I WILL research before purchase"
"I WILL research before purchase"
"I WILL research before purchase"
"I WILL research before purchase"
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And now - the obligatory reposts:






Tuning dealers we recommend - call 'em / email 'em to discuss yer needs.

Current (personal) recommendation = SCT X3 / SF3 or the upcoming X4.

www.vmptuning.com
www.morepowertuning.com
www.5startuning.com
www.gopowerhungry.com (SCT and Gryphon/Edge)
www.troyerperformance.com
Diablo - NO LONGER RECOMMENDED

Very Best of Luck! How'd I do?



MGD

 

The tunes provided in our intune or trinity tuner will work for your truck and wake it up nicely

Thanks

 

I almost spit up my coffee.

 

yep, that's how I woulda put it.

 

MGD, I gotta say, "You made my day!" (Hey, that rhymes!)

Holleywood, if you still have the stock intake, put it back on. That will cure any "lean running" problem you have. You can probably find some sucker to buy the Volant thing from you to recover some of what you spent.

And, I'll add DiabloMike to MGD's tuner recommendations. He's been a respected sponsor here for quite a while. You could shoot Mike a PM to see what he can do for you.

- Jack

 

Thankee, Sir Jack!

My bad - DIABLO - NO LONGER RECOMMENDED.


MGD

 

Nobody...And I mean NOBODY...can "put it" like good ol' MGD!

I DID spit me cawffee!!

 

Ya he has his own special way to put it.

 

I about split my side laughing MGD